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		<title>Shock and aftershock in Haiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aftershocks and triggered earthquakes both follow a large earthquake, and they don't happen at random.  Can lessons about the sequence and timing of quakes improve safety?]]></description>
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		<title>Pop goes the super supernova</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=3778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Titanic explosion shows one of the biggest bangs since the Biggest Bang, spreads useful elements through the universe. Finally revealed: anti-matter is working for you!]]></description>
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		<title>No joke: Laughing gas attacks ozone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ozone layer protects Earth from UV rays: Twenty-two years after a treaty to protect ozone, how is the layer doing? What has happened to the ozone hole above Antarctica?]]></description>
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		<title>Brit astronomers reveal sizzling cosmic tryst!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A planet newly found in the southern sky is perilously close to its star, orbiting in less than 1 Earth day. Within 10 years, this planet may force a new understanding of star-guts.]]></description>
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		<title>Fertilizing the ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Earth warms, should we try huge geoengineering projects to cool the climate? Would adding iron to fertilize ocean plants withdraw enough carbon dioxide to slow warming -- or backfire?]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No prob&#8221; sez life to crashing asteroids!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The "late heavy bombardment" burned out any life that was around 4 billion years ago -- or not... Plenty of high temperature bacteria could have survived in deep rocks, says a new study.]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery of the disappearing ice sheet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapid melting of Canadian ice sheet suggests that Greenland's massive ice cap could melt and raise sea level much faster than predicted within a century.]]></description>
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		<title>Looking anew at diamonds</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/looking-anew-at-diamonds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New analysis uses light to distinguish one diamond from another. Technique may help jewelers, but won't help the battle against the "conflict diamonds" that are fueling wars in Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the solar system: Voyagers told &#8216;em best!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Long Goodbye: 30 years after blast-off, two Voyager spaceships have reached the edge of the solar system. Meet the missions that revolutionized the study of planets and moons.]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Storm: What are hurricanes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do they form? How do we predict their paths? How can we improve predictions?]]></description>
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